Nutley, New Jersey, accumulated a wealth of celebrated and eccentric people who over-shadowed the salt-of-the-earth folks who lived here, raised their families and built the town into the place that Norman Rockwell only dreamed of illustrating. Now read about them in Nutley Notables: The Men and Women Who Made A Memorable Impact On Our Home Town, Nutley, New Jersey - By Anthony Buccino

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Thanks again to Karen Zautyk

for her write-up last year on Nutley Notables.

By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent NUTLEY – The prolific Anthony Buccino (15 books and counting) has just published his latest work: “Nutley Notables,” profiling more than 150 “Men and Women Who Made a Memorable Impact on Our Hometown.”Included, of course, is Annie Oakley, whom everyone in Nutley knows once lived here. (Yes, outlanders, she did!)Almost everyone in Nutley knows that this was the hometown of Martha Kostyra, now Martha Stewart.But do you know about Frances Goodrich? Or Uncle Fred? Or Grumpy the Clown?You can meet them, along with political leaders, military heroes, businessmen, scientists, athletes, artists, writers, et al., in the pages of “Nutley Notables.” And you may be surprised at the wide array of talents who called this tree-shaded town home. Or as Buccino describes Nutley: the kind of place “Norman Rockwell only dreamed of illustrating.” ...